No retcons. No time travel. No plot reset. No finding out it was all a dream. I’m not one of those wuss writers that will kill and revive later after a fan outcry. In my story, death is permanent.

Slight spoiler below:

An alternate joke I was toying with was to have Metro die, and then another Metro immediately walk on screen to carry the previous one away, thus introducing the idea that (as in the game) there is always an infinite number of identical Metrocops standing just off-screen, waiting for their moment to walk in and die. But I was worried that would upset the power balance between Breen and Metro. It would lead to jokes where Breen just kills Metro at will, but that would make Metro a bit too much of a victim. It could be done, but it would be a lot harder than what I did here, which was a pretty standard fake-out threat like comics have been using for decades. This felt a little more “right”.

What! I’m a total fan of Unit 4267-P and the after-curfew band! Why I even have Entertainment Sequence j57-2 as my ringtone.

Someone has dismissed something I like on the internet…it is time to unleash hell. Galad, in my next 4267-P fan fic you will be a stupid person who dies stupidly, while the band laughs at you for being stupid.

*Gasp* Unit 4267-P fanfic! Must read! Do you think shamus will release the preperation footage for their upcoming tour as a post-mortem way to pay off debts like they did with MJ? I’d buy it. I’d buy the T-shirt too. As a collecters item it’s far more potent now that they’re dead.

(No offense to Michael Jackson was intended in the production of this post. This post contains only biological sentences and has been approved by the aapp)

Now is this an author insertion erotic fanfic where Unit 4267-P meets the crew of the Enterprise dressed up as furries or some higher form of fanfic? I need to know so that I can place you on the flow chart and determine if our respective branches of geekdom are now engaged in an internet flamewar.

kinda expected the annoucer to die. I wan’t sure how but thats what i expected. Anyway since she’s in the control room make her the crazy director person that the late night shows always have. conan had the always way to big smile guy. jay had the… uhhhh… some…one… yeah go with that.

also suggestion no credit to me maybe you’ve already thought of it. new band = GlaDOS. we aleady know she’s a great singer.

I was expecting the strip to go to the penultimate panel with Breen and Metro having decided not to kill one another. Then, in the final panel, we’d cut away to the RED sniper killing the BLU medic, or something.

I love how killing the band is really only funny because you promised NEXT ISSUE SOMEONE DIES! Nice metajoke. (Although the bit about the gun being the bomb was also amusing. My favorite joke in the whole sequence is how the huge crate just had one little gun in it.)